Peruvian general election, 1995

Peruvian presidential election, 1995
Peru
9 April 1995

 
Nominee Alberto Fujimori Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Party Cambio 90 UPP
Popular vote 4,645,279 1,555,623
Percentage 64.3% 21.5%

President before election

Alberto Fujimori
Cambio 90

Elected President

Alberto Fujimori
Cambio 90

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General elections were held in Peru on 9 April 1995,[1] the first under the 1993 constitution. Incumbent President Alberto Fujimori was re-elected with 64% of the vote, whilst his Cambio 90 party won a majority of seats in the newly unicameral Congress.

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Alberto FujimoriCambio 904,645,27964.3
Javier Pérez de CuéllarUnion for Peru1,555,62321.5
Mercedes CabanillasAmerican Popular Revolutionary Alliance297,3274.1
Alejandro ToledoPossible Country234,9463.3
Ricardo BelmostCivil Works Movement175,0422.4
Raúl Diez CansecoPopular Action121,8721.7
Ezequiel AtaucusiAgricultural People's Front of Peru56,8270.8
Augustín Haya de la TorreUnited Left41,9850.6
Luis Cáceres VelásquezNational Front of Workers and Peasants24,6400.3
Sixtilio DalmauNew Peru Movement9,5830.1
Víctor EchegarayReformist Party of Peru8,8290.1
Edmundo IngaAlternative Peru Puma6,7400.1
Miguel CamposPeace and Development6,1430.1
Carlos CruzIndependent Front of National Reconciliation5,1060.1
Invalid/blank votes1,576,708
Total8,803,049100
Registered voters/turnout11,974,39673.5
Source: Nohlen

Congress

Party Votes % Seats +/–[a]
Cambio 902,193,72451.167+35
Union for Peru584,09913.617New
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance274,2636.48–45
Independent Moralizing Front205,1174.86–1
Possible Country175,6934.15New
Popular Action142,6383.34–22
Christian People's Party127,2773.03–22
Renewal Movement123,9692.93New
Civil Works Movement80,9181.92New
United Left80,0781.92–14
Agricultural People's Front of Peru46,1021.11+1
National Front of Workers and Peasants46,0271.11–2
Independent Agrarian Movement33,2830.81New
New Peru Movement28,1770.70New
Reformist Party of Peru12,4840.30New
Alternative Peru Puma11,9610.30New
Apertura para el Desarrollo Nacional10,2240.20New
Independent Front of National Reconciliation9,9880.20New
Independent Inca Movement9,2810.20New
Social Independent Movement6,1160.10New
Other parties88,2312.10
Invalid/blank votes3,671,464
Total7,961,114100120–60
Registered voters/turnout11,865,28367.1
Source: Nohlen

a Seat totals are compared with the House of Representatives elected in the previous general elections in 1990.

References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p454 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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